Simulation of time modulated linear antenna arrays using the FDTD method

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2009, Pages 175-190

  Yang, S W ^a   Chen, Y K ^a   Nie, Z P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA GROUNDS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

FAR FIELD TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; LINEAR ANTENNA ARRAYS; MEASURED RESULTS; PHYSICAL ESSENCES; TIME DOMAIN RESPONSE; TIME MODULATED ARRAYS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 70749107923     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09092507     Document Type: Article

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